Tuesday, January 27, 2015

d20 Curses

Step 1 - Get cursed.

You can get cursed by a witch, a fairy, or your familiar. They'll usually tell you what the curse is. "I curse thee, oaf, with the curse of Doom!" but not all the details. You suffer from the curse, exactly as described.

Give them the most appropriate curse, or just roll a d20.

Step 2 - Get the curse identified.

Talk to a different witch, fairy, or familiar and they'll be able to give you the details, as well as what it takes to lift the curse. You can also go to your local church.

Each curse can be lifted by doing a specific action, usually related to what provoked the curse in the first place. Like if you were too stingy to give to an old beggar lady, she'll curse you to be bad with money forever.

Step 3 - Get the curse lifted.

You can either (a) do the specified action, or (b) get a high level cleric at the church to lift it. Clerics will expect a favor in return, either a large donation or the retrieval of some McGuffin from the local death hole.

d20 curses

1

Dog
hatred. They will attack you, if given half a chance. Cured by
living as a dog for 1 year, or doing 1 dungeon "as a dog".

11

Delicious.
Monster that enjoy eating people will prioritize attacking you.
Can be cured by eating an entire manticore.

2

Will
never find love. No one wants to sleep with you. Cured by
helping 2 other people fall in love.